-----DmI was younger then------AmSuch a restless soul-------GI had to find my way------Esus4-------ETo the pot of gold

---------DmIt's been a long, hard road-----------AmBut now I've reached the end---------------GI've been through pain and sorrow------------Esus4---------EAnd, here, I'm back again

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(Chorus)---Dm----------------GSo come on, Mary, take a chance with me----------Dm-------GI'm not the same man I used to be----------Dm----------GI know I've made mistakes along the way-----------Esus4-----------EBut that was years ago now it's another day

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The years have passedlike a railroad trainFrom the northern mountainsTo the southern plains

When the stakes were highI played the gambler's gameI never had to borrowBut somehow always paid

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If I saw you nowWould you feel the sameWould you wave and smileOr turn and walk away

I need you by my sideOh, Mary, can't you seeThat all these years apartAre really killing me